He shakes his head, “I’m sorry, it doesn’t make any sense at all. Part of my gift is that I am extremely good at seeing through glamours, and his is so fucking strong that I can’t see through it, but I can feel that it’s there.”
“Can you break it?” Raiden asks. “The glamour?”
Pete frowns, “Probably, but it will most likely hurt a lot. It’s stronger than any that I have broken before.”
“Do it,” Baz replies with absolutely no hesitation whatsoever.
“Are you sure, man?” Van asks with concern.
Baz nods, “This may be my only chance to get some answers. I didn’t even know that I had a glamour on. Maybe if I had that removed, it would help jog my memories too.”
“You didn’t know, and you have memory loss?” Pete asks with concern.
“Yes,” Baz replies simply.
“That complicates things. I can use my magic to see what I can find, but I may not be able to remove the glamour on you,” Pete explains.
Baz nods, “I’ll try anything at this point.”
“Alright,” Pete says as he moves forward and holds his hand out.
Baz grasps Pete’s forearm, and Pete looks at him in surprise but doesn’t mention it. I have no idea what that was about and now is probably not the time to ask about it.
“What now?” Baz asks.
“This will be uncomfortable, but don’t fight me,” Pete warns, and Baz nods.
We all tense as we feel Pete’s magic, and then Baz grunts, falling to his knees as Pete keeps a strong grip on Baz’s forearm. I want to intervene, it’s obvious that whatever Pete is doing isn’t simply uncomfortable but is hurting Baz. However Baz is right, and this is probably his only chance to get some answers, and he’s not screaming in pain, so I hold myself back.
Finally, Pete pulls back, and Baz falls on his ass, breathing heavily. I rush to his side, and he smiles as I tip his head in my direction so I can study his features and make sure that he’s okay.
“I’m okay,” he tells me softly as he kisses my palm.
“Are you sure?” I ask.
“I promise,” he replies.
I look at Pete, “So, can you remove the glamor?”
Pete looks extremely confused, and he shakes his head, “It’s not technically a glamor. It’s really difficult to explain,” he glances at Baz, “are you okay with me speaking freely in front of them?”
“They are my family, yes,” Baz replies.
Pete smiles, “You went through something extremely traumatic, and as a result, your magic protected you by making you forget. Except in order to do that, it couldn’t pick and choose what you remembered. It wiped all of your past and created a separate being that exists when you’re asleep.”
“I’m sorry, what?” Raiden asks with pure shock.
Pete scrubs a hand over his face, “As I said before, it’s really difficult to explain. When Baz is asleep, he effectively disappears, this is when the other part of him then materializes.”
“That’s insane,” Reed exclaims.
“It is incredibly rare,” Pete admits. “It is definitely what is happening here though.”
“Does this other me remember?” Baz asks.
Pete nods, “Yes. Something else you should know is that what you look like now is not what you actually look like, and neither is the other form, although I would imagine that your other form has a closer resemblance to what you really look like since it has all of your memories. When you merge the two sides of you, then you will see your true self again.”
“So we need to find this other guy, but we can only do it while Baz is asleep?” Doc asks.
